Light In the Hall

[Verse 1]
There's a light in the hall
There's a crack in the doorway lets it into my room
Tells me everything
Tells me everything
I curl up in a ball
I try to slide in the crack between the bed and the wall
I am falling
I am falling

[Verse 2]
Daddy, they'll know
I'll walk funny and they'll know I've been bad
Daddy, please don't
Please don't, please don't
I'm shaking all over
I squeeze my legs together just as tight as I can
You can't, you can't
You can, okay, okay, okay

[Pre-Chorus]
I see the tree through the window
The tree is my friend
I see the moon through the clouds
And the stars without end
I am flying away
I am dying

[Chorus]
Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl?
It wouldn't have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear
And a patchwork quilt
It's waiting somewhere for me

[Verse 3]
Don't you tell anyone
If you know what's good for you
And your little sister
Don't you love your sister?
And who would believe you
Just a little girl with a big imagination
Everyone knows me
I'm an important man

[Verse 4]
I get ready for school
My hair is brushed and pulled tight in a bow
But I am dirty
I am dirty
Mommy puts on my coat
Red and purple blotches up and down my legs
She won't look at me
She won't look at me

[Pre-Chorus]
I will run to the park
I will climb on the swing
I will swing so high
Up above everything
'Til a cloud takes me away

[Chorus]
Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl?
It wouldn't have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear
And a patchwork quilt
It's waiting somewhere for me

[Verse 5]
Now I am grown
On a silver chain I wear a pretty stone
A friend gave me
To say she loves me
And to say I can love
And to say I am worthy of it
It is not easy
It is not easy

[Verse 6]
Sometimes I scream
Sometimes I weep like the little girl
I never was
I never was
I tell the story
Somebody stole my life but I'm taking it back
I can see colors
I can see colors now

[Pre-Chorus]
Tracing the truth
Through the tangle of lies
Forgiving myself what I did to survive
I am living
I am living

[Chorus]
Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl?
It wouldn't have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear
And a patchwork quilt
It's waiting somewhere for me